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desulfurise

desulfurise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of desulfurize.

Meaning of desulfurize

Verb

desulfurize (third-person singular simple present desulfurizes, present participle desulfurizing, simple past and past participle desulfurized)

  1. (US, transitive) To remove the sulfur from something (such as petroleum or flue gases).
    Synonyms:
    desulfur

Forms of desulfurise

third-person singular presentdesulfurises
present participledesulfurising
past participledesulfurised
pastdesulfurised

Questions about desulfurise

What is desulfurise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Desulfurise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of desulfurize.

Words near desulfurise in the dictionary

  1. desulfurations
  2. desulfured
  3. desulfurication
  4. desulfurications
  5. desulfuring
  6. desulfurise
  7. desulfurised
  8. desulfuriser
  9. desulfurises
  10. desulfurising
  11. desulfurization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: desulfurise (page history and authors); desulfurize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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